Scientists have evidence for life after death. They found that consciousness can continue after death.
While this topic is viewed with great skepticism, there is testimony from people who have had this experience that will make you think about it.
Although these conclusions are not definitive, you may begin to doubt that death is, in fact, the end of everything.
1. Consciousness continues after death
Dr. Sam Parnia, a professor who has studied near-death experiences and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, believes that a person's consciousness can survive brain death when there is no blood flow to the brain and no electrical activity.
Since 2008, he has collected a wealth of evidence of near-death experiences that occurred when a person's brain was no more active than a loaf of bread.
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Apparently, conscious awareness persisted for up to three minutes after the heart stopped, although the brain usually shuts down within 20-30 seconds after the heart stopped.
2. Out-of-body experience
You may have heard from people about the feeling of separation from their own body, and they seemed to you an invention. American singer Pam Reynolds spoke of her out-of-body experience during brain surgery at the age of 35.
She was placed in a state of artificial coma, her body was cooled to 15 degrees Celsius, and her brain was practically deprived of blood supply. In addition, her eyes were closed, and headphones were inserted into her ears, which drowned out sounds.
Hovering over her body, she was able to observe her own operation. The description was very descriptive. She heard someone say, "Her arteries are too small," while The Eagles' "Hotel California" was playing in the background.
The doctors themselves were shocked by all the details of what Pam told about her experience.
3. Meeting with the dead
One of the classic examples of near-death experiences is meeting with deceased relatives on the other side.
Researcher Bruce Greyson believes that what we see when we are in a state of near death is not just vivid hallucinations. In 2013, he published a study in which he indicated that the number of patients who met deceased relatives far exceeded the number of those who met living people.
Moreover, there were several cases when people met a dead relative on the other side, not knowing that this person had died.
4. Borderline reality
Internationally renowned Belgian neuropathologist Steven Laureys does not believe in life after death. He believes that all near-death experiences can be explained through physical phenomena.
Loreis and his team expected NDEs to be like dreams or hallucinations, and eventually fade from memory.
However, he found that the memories of clinical death remain fresh and vivid regardless of the past tense and sometimes even overshadow the memories of real events.
5. Similarity
In one study, researchers asked 344 patients who had experienced cardiac arrest to describe their experiences within a week of resuscitation.
Of all the people surveyed, 18% could hardly remember their experience, and 8-12% gave a classic example of near-death experiences. This means that between 28 and 41 unrelated people from different hospitals recalled virtually the same experience.
6. Personality changes
Dutch researcher Pim van Lommel studied the memories of people who experienced clinical death.
According to the results, many people have lost their fear of death and have become happier, more positive and more outgoing. Almost everyone spoke of clinical death as a positive experience that further influenced their lives over time.
7. First-hand memories
American neurosurgeon Eben Alexander spent 7 days in a coma in 2008, which changed his opinion about near-death experiences. He stated that he saw something that is difficult to believe.
He said that he saw a light and a melody emanating from there, he observed something like a portal to a magnificent reality, filled with waterfalls of indescribable flowers and millions of butterflies flying across this scene. However, his brain was shut off during these visions to the point that he should not have had any glimpses of consciousness.
Many have questioned Dr. Eben's words, but if he is telling the truth, perhaps his experiences and the experiences of others should not be ignored.
8. Visions of the Blind
Authors Kenneth Ring and Sharon Cooper have described that people born blind can regain their sight at the time of clinical death.
They interviewed 31 blind people who had experienced clinical death or out-of-body experiences. Moreover, 14 of them were blind from birth.
However, they all described visual images during their experiences, be it a tunnel of light, deceased relatives, or observing their bodies from above.
9. Quantum physics
According to Professor Robert Lanza, all possibilities in the universe happen simultaneously. But when the "observer" decides to look, all these possibilities come down to one, which happens in our world.
Thus, time, space, matter and everything else exists only thanks to our perception. If so, then things like "death" cease to be an incontrovertible fact and become only a part of perception. In fact, although it may appear that we are dying in this universe, according to Lanz's theory, our life becomes "an eternal flower that blooms again in the multiverse."
10. Children can remember their past life
Dr. Ian Stevenson researched and recorded over 3,000 cases of children under 5 years old who could recall their past lives.
In one of the cases, a girl from Sri Lanka remembered the name of the city in which she was, described in detail her family and home. Later, 27 out of 30 of her statements were confirmed. However, none of her family and acquaintances were in any way connected with this city.
Stevenson also documented cases of children who had phobias related to their past life, children who had birth defects reflecting the way they died, and even children who became furious when they recognized their "killers."